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...purveyors of pines Pat Rischer, who sells trees from a lot on Raymond's Turkey Farm in Methuen says that other tree sellers refer customers to her when their supplies are exhausted. Rischer and her husband Jim operate their tree business out of the Raymonds' store, where customers can select from a wide variety of freshly killed turkey products. The Rischers started selling trees six years ago. "It's an enjoyable thing," she says. "You know, you get your saw and cut your tree down I know our family enjoys...
...total number of hours." The second week: Decide precisely which programs to watch and why you plan to watch them. Be critical, she says, and rate the programs afterward. Week 3: Cut back. Keep only one set active (most middle-class homes, she avers, contain at least three sets). Select one hour of viewing a night, watch as a family, and collectively evaluate the shows. Week 4: Turn...
...Laumann are now part of a select group of scholars around the world who have turned down offers of tenure...
...assault that accompany prison life are transforming nonviolent offenders into violent ones. Further, the ultimate costs to society are ominous, both in dollars expended to build and maintain the prisons and in the rising number of victims of repeat offenders. Surely a system can be designed that will select criminals who are worthy of alternative forms of punishment, like restitution or community service, and will still incarcerate those who have a history of violence or repeated criminality. Such a reform would inject a measure of reason into an area largely ruled by emotion...
...agreement on zoning the area is now urgent, committee members say, because MIT will soon select a developer for 27 acres land that it owns in Cambridgeport called the Simplex Development Area. Current zoning laws would allow MIT to build virtually whatever it wants on the property, and the neighborhood group is pushing for more restrictive zoning...